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ST. GEORGE NEWS — The three-day trial in the case against the man accused of killing a 2-year-old in Washington last year ended when the jury returned with a verdict of guilty of child abuse homicide-reckless and guilty of obstruction of justice late in the day.
The trial that began Monday in the case of Randy Holt Lessing, 30, who is on trial on first-degree felony reckless child abuse homicide and obstruction of justice, a second-degree felony, came to a close Wednesday.
The case was filed following an incident reported on July 19, 2023, when police received a call that an unconscious 2-year-old had been admitted to St. George Regional Hospital.
The toddler, Emmaline Mitchell, had sustained significant trauma to her head. Due to the severity of her injuries, she was flown from St. George to the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas, where she died five days later.
